Education (K-12)

Were you required to receive certain vaccinations, such as those for protection against chickenpox or measles, before attending school or summer camp? Do you believe it is important for schools to require vaccinations like these to keep all students safe? Or do you think it should be up to individual families to decide?In “Los Angeles…

Journalism helps us navigate a complex world, shines a light on the truth, and provides analysis, insight and context to the most pressing issues of our day. In this summit for educators and librarians, The New York Times Education and Library Subscription Program brings you a series of discussions featuring Times journalists, leaders in education,…

Is bad behavior at youth sporting events a problem at your school or in your community? The article you’re about to read claims that, for years, “rowdy parents, coaches and players have created a toxic environment” in youth sports, particularly for referees. To what degree, if at all, do you agree with that statement?In “Bad…

Note: Winners of the November Vocabulary Challenge are announced at the bottom of this post.When you hear the words jostle, replenish and debris, does a story come to mind?We want to read 50-word stories in which students incorporate some of the Words of the Day we published in December. We will publish our favorite submissions…

We are honoring the winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Orly Kochinski, age 16.

Without adequate protections in place, he said, he would have taken a leave of absence.“We have some real reservations” amid the Delta surge, he said — both for himself, as a teacher, and for their child. “So much is in flux everyday.”For children and their parents, vaccine mandates for students are very different from mask…

Never missing a beatMy super power is teaching my baby to get into the groove. The latest adorable video clip of my 10-month-old that’s making the rounds among friends and family shows her rocking out to the cartoonish ’80s hit “Walk the Dinosaur” by the band Was (Not Was). Though she can’t yet walk, the…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Asian Americans Grapple With Tide of Attacks: ‘We Need Our Safety Back’” by Jeffery C. Mays, Dana Rubinstein and Grace AshfordIn recent months, the Asian American community in New York City and nationwide has faced a surge in violence. Asian American groups and elected officials from across the political spectrum have come…

Over the past eight years of our Vocabulary Video Contest, students have produced thousands of lively, original videos in which they define a Word of the Day in under 15 seconds.Sixty of the winning videos, organized into three compilations by part of speech, are rounded up in this post. We hope that this repository of…

The Learning Network is thrilled to welcome 40 distinguished educators to our second cohort of The New York Times Teaching Project. These middle and high school teachers, chosen after a competitive selection process, hail from 19 states and represent a diversity of subject areas, including U.S. history, English language arts, mathematics and philosophy. What unites…